ABSTRACT
Florence intended to teach art of printing that he had discovered. It is not possible to guarantee that “art” he mentions in the text is specifically photography. If Florence had the possibility of carrying out initiative of teaching art of printing by any of those systems, or if he was able to attract students, has not been possible to confirm due to the absence of documents and to the fact that he did not register the information in his diaries. With regard to the “equipment so simple that can be transported in a handbag” mentioned in the announcement, he may be referring to the equipment for reproducing copies by the action of sunlight; those were objects easily transportable that allowed a person to “print and publish any writings.” It may be a copy of a view of the Buriti Farm drawn by Florence while crossing this area, close to Cuiaba in the Province of Mato Grosso with the Langsdorff Expedition.
